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Lake Fork

Lake Fork

Lake Fork is one of the hottest bass fishing lake in Texas. Lake Fork also ranks high on the top 50 list of largemouth bass caught in Texas. Lake Fork is a great fishing lake for any angler, with the lake's under-water structure and great vegetation which make Lake Fork the perfect fish habitat, not only for bass but crappie, catfish and bluegill. Lake Fork Reservoir has been enjoyed by thousands of bass fishing enthusiasts. Fishing has been particularly good due to fishery management efforts of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department who began stocking Lake Fork with Florida largemouth bass in 1978. Lake Fork was opened for fishing in the fall of 1980. A new state record largemouth bass weighing 18.18 pounds was caught from Lake Fork in January 1992. The lake has since gained the reputation of the hottest bass fishing lake in Texas.

Guide Brooks Rogers
My name is Brooks Rogers. I have been a fulltime guide on Lake Fork since I was 21 years old. I grew up in Longview, which is about 50 miles away from Lake Fork. I have been fishing Lake Fork since the timber was still green, and I now live in Quitman, TX, just 7 miles away from the lake.

During the 2001-2002 season I competed in the Bassmaster Central Division Opens and qualified to compete on the Bassmaster Tour in 2003. Also in 2003, I qualified for the first ever Bassmaster Open Championship. In all, I competed on the Bassmaster Tour from 2003 until 2006.
Marc Mitchell's Guide Service
Marc Mitchell’s Lake Fork Guide Service specializes in trophy bass fishing on Lake Fork the hottest bass lake in the nation. Marc is one of the most respected guides in East Texas
with over 25 years experience in guiding anglers to Texas-sized trophy bass. Having been raised only minutes away from Lake Fork gives Marc the local knowledge that could only have been gained through knowledge of the area before it was flooded. Marc's guide service has been featured on several TV Fishing programs such as "The Leisure Sportsman Show", "Country Outdoors" and "The West Texas Sportsmen".